GATHERING DAY SIGN-UP (GRADES 1-6) A Gathering Day will be held on Saturday, November 3 from 10-12:15 p.m. and Sunday, November 4 from 1-3:15 p.m. Your child can attend either Saturday or Sunday. At sign-up, your child will receive service project information and a home lesson to be completed and brought to the Gathering Day. Sign-ups for this Gathering Day will be held on Sunday, Oct. 21 - after the 8:30 & 10:30 Masses, 6:30-8 pm Tues., Oct. 23, Wed., Oct. 24, Thurs. Oct. 25 - 12-5 p.m Sunday, Oct. 28 - after the 8:30 & 10:30 Masses, 6:30-8 pm

Father Gee and the North American Martyrs Relay For Life team will take to the track again this coming September to help fight cancer in our community. The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life will be held on September 7th & 8th at Lemansky Park in Auburn. Click the title for more details.

The Summer Loreto program is for children entering grades 1-6 in September, 2018. This is the beginning of your child’s religious education year. Any questions, please call the Religious Education Office at 508-798-0612. Note to Parents: Please remember to have your child bring the following items on the first day of class: Field Trip Permission Slip (one per family—to be returned at sign-in table); Snack donation (one item from the “safe snack list”); Lunch in insulated bag or cooler (each day); Service Project donation (Each child donation of $5.00 (maximum $15 per family)to continue to educate and feed Rwodmine, Wiker, Chardwine, Jean-Darly, and Malachy, our sponsored students from Haiti) . On Monday, please arrive early at 8:15 a.m. and stop at the check-in table in the church hall foyer for your child’s class assignment.

ATTENTION ALL PARISH VOLUNTEERS If you are involved with any ministry of the church where children are present at any time, i.e., Kateri’s Kitchen, Coffee And, Religious Education, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, you are required to attend a onetime Safe Environment Training. A Safe Environment Training can be completed on-line. Future in-person trainings will be held. For more information, call the Religious Education Office at 508-798-0612.

As you may have noticed, two AEDs, automated external defibrillators, have been installed in the church and in the parish hall. An AED is a portable device that checks the heart rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal rhythm. AEDs are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest. A training has been arranged for any parishioner who would like to learn how to use the device. A Fire Department representative will conduct the 30 minute training. The rescheduled training will be: Thursday, June 7, at 5:30 p.m. We strongly encourage all parish staff and ministry volunteers to attend the training.